Chemistry Syllabus Physical chemistry General topics:Concept of atoms and molecules; Daltons atomic theory; Mole concept ; Chemical

formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole co ncept) involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement re actions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normali ty. Gaseous and liquid states:Absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation; Devi ation from ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory of gases, average, r oot mean square and most probable velocities and their relation with temperature ; Law of partial pressures; Vapour pressure; Diffusion of gases. Atomic structure and chemical bonding: Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, qua ntum numbers; Wave-particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty principl e; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic configurations of elements (up to atomic number 36); Aufba u principle; Paulis exclusion principle and Hunds rule; Orbital overlap and covale nt bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals only; Orbital energy diagra ms for homonuclear diatomic species; Hydrogen bond; Polarity in molecules, dipole moment (qualitative aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyr amidal, tetrahedral and octahedral). Energetics:First law of thermodynamics; Internal energy, work and heat, pressurevolume work; Enthalpy, Hesss law; Heat of reaction, fusion and vapourization; Sec ond law of thermodynamics; Entropy; Free energy; Criterion of spontaneity. Chemical equilibrium:Law of mass action; Equilibrium constant, Le Chateliers princi ple (effect of concentration, temperature and pressure); Significance of G and G in chemical equilibrium; Solubility product, common ion effect, pH and buffer solu tions; Acids and bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts. Electrochemistry:Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode pot entials; Nernst equation and its relation to G; Electrochemical series, emf of ga lvanic cells; Faradays laws of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, Kohlrauschs law; Concentration cells. Chemical kinetics: Rates of chemical reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant ; First order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equa tion). Solid state:Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems (c ell parameters a, b, c, , , ), close packed structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic compou nds, point defects. Solutions: Raoults law; Molecular weight determination from lowering of vapour pre ssure, elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point. Surface chemistry: Elementary concepts of adsorption (excluding adsorption isothe rms); Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions, surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples). Nuclear chemistry: Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars; Properties of , and rays; Kinetics of radioactive decay (decay series excluded), carbon dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to proton-neutron ratio; Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions. Inorganic Chemistry Isolation/preparation and properties of the following non-metals: Boron, silicon , nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and halogens; Properties of allotropes o f carbon (only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur. Preparation and properties of the following compounds:Oxides, peroxides, hydroxid es, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and sulphates of sodium, potassium, magn esium and calcium; Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax; Aluminium: alumina, al uminium chloride and alums; Carbon: oxides and oxyacid (carbonic acid); Silicon: silicones, silicates and silicon carbide; Nitrogen: oxides, oxyacids and ammonia ; Phosphorus: oxides, oxyacids (phosphorus acid, phosphoric acid) and phosphine; Oxygen: ozone and hydrogen peroxide; Sulphur: hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphu

rous acid, sulphuric acid and sodium thiosulphate; Halogens: hydrohalic acids, o xides and oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder; Xenon fluorides. Transition elements (3d series):Definition, general characteristics, oxidation st ates and their stabilities, colour (excluding the details of electronic transiti ons) and calculation of spin-only magnetic moment; Coordination compounds: nomen clature of mononuclear coordination compounds,cis-transand ionisation isomerisms, hybridization and geometries of mononuclear coordination compounds (linear, tetr ahedral, square planar and octahedral). Preparation and properties of the following compounds:Oxides and chlorides of tin and lead; Oxides, chlorides and sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+and Zn2+; Potassium perma nganate, potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver thiosulphate . Ores and minerals: Commonly occurring ores and minerals of iron, copper, tin, le ad, magnesium, aluminium, zinc and silver. Extractive metallurgy:Chemical principles and reactions only (industrial details excluded); Carbon reduction method (iron and tin); Self reduction method (copper and lead); Electrolytic reduction method (magnesium and aluminium); Cyanide pro cess (silver and gold). Principles of qualitative analysis:Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3 +, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+and Mg2+); Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide. Organic Chemistry Concepts:Hybridisation of carbon; Sigma and pi-bonds; Shapes of simple organic mo lecules; Structural and geometrical isomerism; Optical isomerism of compounds con taining up to two asymmetric centres, (R,SandE,Znomenclature excluded); IUPAC nomen clature of simple organic compounds (only hydrocarbons, mono-functional and bi-f unctional compounds); Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections); R esonance and hyperconjugation; Keto-enol tautomerism; Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds (only combustion method); Hydrogen b onds: definition and their effects on physical properties of alcohols and carbox ylic acids; Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and basicity of organic a cids and bases; Polarity and inductive effects in alkyl halides; Reactive interm ediates produced during homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, struc ture and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals. Preparation, properties and reactions of alkanes:Homologous series, physical prop erties of alkanes (melting points, boiling points and density); Combustion and h alogenation of alkanes; Preparation of alkanes by Wurtz reaction and decarboxyla tion reactions. Preparation, properties and reactions of alkenes and alkynes:Physical properties of alkenes and alkynes (boiling points, density and dipole moments); Acidity of alkynes; Acid catalysed hydration of alkenes and alkynes (excluding the stereoch emistry of addition and elimination); Reactions of alkenes with KMnO4 and ozone; Reduction of alkenes and alkynes; Preparation of alkenes and alkynes by elimina tion reactions; Electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes with X2, HX, HOX (X= halogen) and H2O; Addition reactions of alkynes; Metal acetylides. Reactions of benzene:Structure and aromaticity; Electrophilic substitution reacti ons: halogenation, nitration, sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylat ion; Effect ofo-, m-andp-directing groups in monosubstituted benzenes. Phenols:Acidity, electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation, nitration an d sulphonation); Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe reaction. Characteristic reactions of the following (including those mentioned above): Alky l halides: rearrangement reactions of alkyl carbocation, Grignard reactions, nucl eophilic substitution reactions; Alcohols: esterification, dehydration and oxidat ion, reaction with sodium, phosphorus halides, ZnCl2/concentrated HCl, conversio n of alcohols into aldehydes and ketones; Ethers:Preparation by Williamsons Synthe sis; Aldehydes and Ketones: oxidation, reduction, oxime and hydrazone formation; aldol condensation, Perkin reaction; Cannizzaro reaction; haloform reaction and nucleophilic addition reactions (Grignard addition); Carboxylic acids: formation of esters, acid chlorides and amides, ester hydrolysis; Amines: basicity of sub stituted anilines and aliphatic amines, preparation from nitro compounds, reacti

on with nitrous acid, azo coupling reaction of diazonium salts of aromatic amine s, Sandmeyer and related reactions of diazonium salts; carbylamine reaction; Hal oarenes: nucleophilic aromatic substitution in haloarenes and substituted haloar enes (excluding Benzyne mechanism and Cine substitution). Carbohydrates:Classification; mono- and di-saccharides (glucose and sucrose); Oxi dation, reduction, glycoside formation and hydrolysis of sucrose. Amino acids and peptides:General structure (only primary structure for peptides) and physical properties. Properties and uses of some important polymers:Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon and PVC. Practical organic chemistry:Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and identification of the following functional groups: hydroxyl (alcoholic and phen olic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), carboxyl, amino and nitro; Chemical metho ds of separation of mono-functional organic compounds from binary mixtures. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mathematics Syllabus Algebra:Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication , conjugation, polar representation, properties of modulus and principal argumen t, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretations. Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and coeffici ents, formation of quadratic equations with given roots, symmetric functions of roots. Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmon ic means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometr ic series, sums of squares and cubes of the firstnnatural numbers. Logarithms and their properties. Permutations and combinations, Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, p roperties of binomial coefficients. Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers, equality of matrices, addition, multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a matrix, dete rminant of a square matrix of order up to three, inverse of a square matrix of o rder up to three, properties of these matrix operations, diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices and their properties, solutions of simultaneous linear e quations in two or three variables. Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, independence of events, computation of probability of events using per mutations and combinations. Trigonometry:Trigonometric functions, their periodicity and graphs, addition and subtraction formulae, formulae involving multiple and sub-multiple angles, gener al solution of trigonometric equations. Relations between sides and angles of a triangle, sine rule, cosine rule, half-a ngle formula and the area of a triangle, inverse trigonometric functions (princi pal value only). Analytical geometry: Two dimensions:Cartesian coordinates, distance between two points, section formul ae, shift of origin. Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a point from a line; Lines through the point of intersection of two given lin es, equation of the bisector of the angle between two lines, concurrency of line s; Centroid, orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre of a triangle. Equation of a circle in various forms, equations of tangent, normal and chord. Parametric equations of a circle, intersection of a circle with a straight line or a circle, equation of a circle through the points of intersection of two circle s and those of a circle and a straight line. Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form, their foci, dir ectrices and eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal . Locus Problems.

Three dimensions:Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight l ine in space, equation of a plane, distance of a point from a plane. Differential calculus:Real valued functions of a real variable, into, onto and on e-to-one functions, sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, comp osite functions, absolute value, polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponentia l and logarithmic functions. Limit and continuity of a function, limit and continuity of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, LHospital rule of evaluation of limits of functions. Even and odd functions, inverse of a function, continuity of composite functions , intermediate value property of continuous functions. Derivative of a function, derivative of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, chain rule, derivatives of po lynomial, rational, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logari thmic functions. Derivatives of implicit functions, derivatives up to order two, geometrical inte rpretation of the derivative, tangents and normals, increasing and decreasing fu nctions, maximum and minimum values of a function, Rolles Theorem and Lagranges Me an Value Theorem. Integral calculus:Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, indefini te integrals of standard functions, definite integrals and their properties, Fun damental Theorem of Integral Calculus. Integration by parts, integration by the methods of substitution and partial fra ctions, application of definite integrals to the determination of areas involvin g simple curves. Formation of ordinary differential equations, solution of homogeneous differenti al equations, separation of variables method, linear first order differential eq uations. Vectors:Addition of vectors, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, scala r triple products and their geometrical interpretations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Physics Syllabus General:Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least count, significant figu res; Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertainin g to the following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer), Determination of g using simple pendulum, Youngs modulu s by Searles method, Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter, focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using u-v method, Speed of sound using reson ance column, Verification of Ohms law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific r esistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box. Mechanics:Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), proj ectiles; Uniform Circular motion; Relative velocity.Newtons laws of motion; Inert ial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference; Static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy; Work and power; Conservation of linear momentum an d mechanical energy.Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse ; Elastic and inelastic collisions. Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration due to gravi ty; Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape velocity. Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; T orque; Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axi s of rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres; Equilib rium of rigid bodies; Collision of point masses with rigid bodies. Linear and angular simple harmonic motions. Hookes law, Youngs modulus. Pressure in a fluid; Pascals law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, c

apillary rise; Viscosity (Poiseuilles equation excluded), Stokes law; Terminal vel ocity, Streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoullis theorem and its applic ations. Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves; Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration of strings and air column s;Resonance; Beats; Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound). Thermal physics: Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases; Calorimetry, la tent heat; Heat conduction in one dimension; Elementary concepts of convection a nd radiation; Newtons law of cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cvand Cpfor m onoatomic and diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and work; First law of thermodynamics and its appl ications (only for ideal gases); Blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive pow ers; Kirchhoffs law; Wiens displacement law, Stefans law. Electricity and magnetism:Coulombs law; Electric field and potential; Electrical p otential energy of a system of point charges and of electrical dipoles in a unif orm electrostatic field; Electric field lines; Flux of electric field; Gausss law and its application in simple cases, such as, to find field due to infinitely l ong straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell. Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics; Capacitors i n series and parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor. Electric current; Ohms law; Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and c ells; Kirchhoffs laws and simple applications; Heating effect of current. BiotSavarts law and Amperes law; Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight wi re, along the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field. Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a curre nt loop; Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions. Electromagnetic induction: Faradays law, Lenzs law; Self and mutual inductance; RC , LR and LC circuits with D.C. and A.C. sources. Optics:Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection and refraction at plane and s pherical surfaces; Total internal reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses; Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses; Magnification. Wave nature of light: Huygens principle, interference limited to Youngs double-sli t experiment. Modern physics:Atomic nucleus; Alpha, beta and gamma radiations; Law of radioacti ve decay; Decay constant; Half-life and mean life; Binding energy and its calcula tion; Fission and fusion processes; Energy calculation in these processes. Photoelectric effect; Bohrs theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and con tinuous X-rays, Moseleys law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves.